Commensurate

ex- the relationship between a GED and a Highschool diploma

Proportionate

Equal 

 Commiserate

to have compassion for a person going through a divorce

means to express sympathy

Empathize 

Compensatory

Japanese families were compensated for the pain their ancestors had experienced during WWII.

Redeeming, Recompense, Pay

To make up for

Compliant

"A compliant student follows all the rules."

Obeying

Submissive

Conciliatory

Something that would be described is a handshake after you have clearly defeated and angered your opponent.

Something done to reconcile or to try to make someone feel better or more pacified

Reconciling

Condone

Example is when you see someone stealing in a store and you just look the other way.

Overlook a wrong doing

to overlook, forgive or pardon

Conducive

Ex- favorable weather is conducive for an outdoor picnic.

describes something that brings about or leads to something.

Helping

Connoisseur

Ex- An art connosseur who only likes certain great artists.

A person who is an expert at something or who has informed and discriminating tastes

expert, gourmet

Consensus

When Republicans and Demoncrat agree on something.

A generally accepted opinion, agreement made by a group

Contentious

Ex- a person who always like to debate

Someone who is arguementative or a situation where this is discord

Arguementative

Conundrum

ex- a challenging crossword problem

puzzle or enigma

situation where there is no clear right anwer or good solution

Convoluted

A long story with lots of plot threads that don't seem true

Twisted, Complicated

Something that involved many details

Covenant

ex- a peace treaty among multiple countries

an agreement between memers that do a specific thing

agreement, pact

Covert

ex- a spy's plan for getting out of the country is covert

Secret, or hidden

can be a shelter or place to hide

Credence

ex- when a scientific experiment has revealed the same findings when conducted by sever scientist.

Belief

the probability or chance that something is true or a belief that something HAS to be true

Credulous

A parent who thinks their child is perfect and accepts everything her child tells her.

Believing

describes someone who is too eager to believe things, often wihtout thinking them through.

Cynical

one who believes another only gave charity to get a date wth the person asking for the donation

having belief that people only do things to serve their own needs

scournful of the motives of others

Dauntless

DreamAct leaders lead dauntlessly.

courageous That cannot be daunted or intimidated.

Fearless

Courageous

Dearth

The convenience store with no healthy fresh foods

a lack or small supply of something

Scarcity

Defamation

Spreading lies about a public figure that destroys his career

Slander

Act of ruining someones reputation through slander or libel

Deference

ex- Drivers show deference to ambulances

Courteously yeilding to another

yeilding in opinion, judgement or wishes

courteous regard or respect

Deleterious

Smoking is deleterious to one's health

Delineate

explaina specific map to the last detail

to trace an outline, sketch something or describe with great specficity

draw a line around, describe

Demur

An attorney objecting to a statement by a witness

to object or delay

attempt to make exception

Denigrate

when you mock someone or make fun of him

To belittle or attack someone's reputation

Defame

Deprecate

when you tells someone that his idea is really stupid and should not have even been offered

To belittle

To show extreme disapproval about something

Desiccate

Coffee desiccates the body, as does alcohol

To dry out, To dehyrdate 

To preserve by drying

Despot

Ex- an evil dictator

Tyrant

A ruler who has absolute power, particularly one who is cruel in her/his expercise of power 

Destitute

ex- a homeless person with no money

refers to not having basic necessities of life.

To be poor

Desultory

ex- wandering around and not knowing where you are going

describes something or someone with plan or purpose that wonders from one thing to another

without direction in life

Deterrent

ex - a weapon which is designed to stop other weapons, such as love against hate

Hinderance

acting to stop or prevent

something that prevents or blocks

Devoid

ex-  a cafe with just "healthy" deserts is the same as one devoid of health options

Empty

Lacking or without

Devout

A devout Catholic who has unending faith in God attends mass eveery Sunday and follows all practices.

Pious

Dedicated to a religion

Sincere

Diatribe

"Serious academic work merits serious academic criticism not political diatribe."

Long denunciation

Bitter, abusive criticism

Dichotomy

A grouping of mammals by those who live on land and those on water

A division into two parts

Sharp division of things or idea into two contradictory parts

Didactic

ex- a lesson plan consisting of a lecture belittling important female leaders 

used for teaching

To teach someone in a patronizing way

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Diffident

ex- a young man who is afraid to sign up for the football team

Describes someone who is lacking confidence, timid, shy

Shy

Digress

 ex- a paper that is meant to talk about the causes of a crime but starts discuss defenses to the crime

to go off topic when speaking or writing

Ramble

Disabuse

ex- to tell children that tehy are not going to be having ice ceram sundaes every night

To free from miconception

Discord

ex- when a singer tries to sing along with a piano that is out of tune and not hitting the same notes

lack of agreement of harmony

Discerning

ex- to be able to pick a friend out of a crowd

recognize soeone or something that is as different from someone or something else

Observant

Having or showing good judgement

Discrete

ex- three people standing in the corner of the room, not blending in well

Separate

Something that is separte or distinct

Discretion

ex- abiity of a juror to determine a verdict

is the right of someone to make chioces or quality of soone who is careful about what they say or do

Prudence

Disingenuous

ex- child's excuse "the dog ate my homework."

Insincere, deceptive or misleading

Disparate

ex- treatment when men are treated more favorably than women in the workplace

things that are different from one another, especially when differences are dramatic

Various

Disseminate

ex- when you publish a newsletter about an issue

to make known or spread information

Distribution

Dissent

ex- two children fighting over who gets to play with a specific toy

to differ in opinion

Disagree

Dissolution

ex- death

means ending or breaking apart

disintegration

The closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body.

Dissonance

ex- when you put two ppl together with strongly opposing political views

Discord

describes tension or disharmony

Distend

ex- for the girls face to bloat having accidently eaten product with nuts  (which she is allergic to)

Swell

To stretch out or become swollen

Divest

The woman hates to divest herself of sweets but she most lose weight.

to stripe or deprive

dispossess of rank or rights

Divulge

ex- revealing a secret ingrediant in your mom's recipe

disclose important or private information

Dogmatic

Ex- insisting that a man's view is the one and only way to look at literature

make strong expression of opinions as if they were facts.

unchanging in opinion

Dormant

ex- the volcano is dormant, thus it was safe to climb it.

something that is inactive, sleeping or quite

asleep

Eclectic

ex- taste in music a person who enjoys listening to country, hip hop, gospel and classical music

from many sources

made up of various styles

Efficacy

ex- a crime bill is effective at stopping crime

describes the ability to do what is desired or to be affective at producing a result

Effectiveness

Effigy

ex- a forty foot center piece structure of a man that is to be burned on saturday night of the burning man festival

statue or likeness of a person

Mannequin

Effloresce

"The children effloresced into young adults."

To blossom out;

To Bloom

Effrontery

ex is loudly demanding a table at a very full fancy restaurant.

disrespectful boldness

insolence

elicit

ex- to get a confession from a suspect

To reveal information or to act

provoke

eloquent

"The prince was eloquent of speech and endowed with endurance."

Having or characterized by eloquent: fluent, forceful, persuasive

vididly expressive

well-spoken

emancipate

ex- the Slaves were emancipated from their masters at the end of the Civil War.

To set someone free.

Liberate

Embellish

An example of embellish is when you exaggerate about the size of a figh you caught to make you fishing story more interesting.

To make something fancier by decorating it or exaggerating the truth/ details of story to make it more exciting

Exaggerate

Endemic

Ex- Diseases that had been epidemic became endemic in urban centers.

Endemic refers to a disease or something that is native or commonly found within an area

Peculiar to a particular region

Epidemic

Ex- AIDS virus in the 1980's is an example of an epidemic

Enervate

ex- when a medication causes a person to lose their physical strength

means to weaken or take away physical, mental or moral strength

weaken

Engender

ex- when you make a controversial remark that angers people, "engendering anger"

generate

cause something to happen or come into being

Ennui

In some cases, changing perspectives also fails to treat ennui

Boredom

weariness, dissatisfaction resulting from inactivity or lack of interest

Enumerate

ex is when you list all of an authors works done by one

to mentions things one by one or to make clear the number of things

COUNT

Esoteric

an example of pa++ern, an embroidery language

describes something only understood by a chosen group

known by only a few

esthetic

"The man had an esthetic eye for coffee making."

artistic

can be used interchangable with aesthetic

euphemism

ex- someone saying "passed away," instead of "died"

is a polite, vague word or phase that is used in place of a word or phrase that might be considered sensative, offensive, harsh, unpleasant or inappropriate

genteel expression

Euphoria

ex- how you feel after you new baby is born

describes feeling of well-being and great happiness

elation

Evanescent

ex- a rainbow that appears for only a moment after a storm

something fleeting that passes out of sight or mind quickly

very brief appearence

Exacerbate

ex- to lift heavt items while already having a painful back condition

To make worse or more severe

worsen

exasperate

when you repeatedly poke someone while whining and yelling at him- you've likely exasperated him.

cause someone to become greatly irriated or annoyed

irritate

exhibitionist

ex- a person who is constantly standing outside without clothes

someone who constantly tries to attrack attention, particularly sexual attention in public

one who draws attention to himself

exonerate

ex- a manager giving an employee the night off

to relieve someone of a duty or prove innocent

free from blame

expedite

ex- is to send a package through express mail

make something happen more quickly

hasten

extemporize

"The factory had to extemporize the design plan when they realized one piece had never been ordered."

To speak, perform, compose extempore, improvise

to furnish in a makeshift way to meet a pressing need

Extol

ex- to loudly and passionately sing songs of worship

to praise highly

facetious

someone saying people whose homes have burned down don't have to worry about whether the housekeeper did a good job

describes a joke made about something serious

joking, sarcasti (usually inappropriately)

facilitate

"an example of facilitate is to lead a staff meeting, making sure that everyone's options are heard."

Make easier 

fallacy

"an example is the idea that the sun spins around the earth." 

deception or false notion

false belief

fathom

"one thing I really can't fathom i why the media would go along"

understand 

get to the bottom of

ferver

"an example is a person going on and on about a new discovery."

intensity

describes intense feelings or a passion 

fickle 

example is a child's short attention span to new news

changing your mind easily and often

filibuster

senators give very, very ong speeches to prevent a vote on a bill they do not want. 

refers to actions, such as long speeches, that stop legislative assembly form progressing

long speech 

fledgling

company that has just opened it's doors and gone into business 

fledgling is a young bird, organization, person or entity that is just beginning or forming

beginning or struggling

flout

example is someone spitting in another face and walking way

means to show hatred or disregard towards someone or something

to show disregard for the law or rules

foment

example- when you incite a riot by getting everyone mad at the governement

instigate

to cause trouble or to treat the skin with warm water or lotions 

forsake 

when you leave your spouse

to abandon or give something up

fortuituous

example is two people who meet during a storm evacuation and wind up marrying each other a few years later

lucky

happening by chance

foster

is to help a new company campaign grow

to promote or encourage or raise a child who is not one's logical or adoptive child

encourage 

frugal

someone who uses coupons to buy groceries

is not spending a lot of money and not being wasteful

thrifty 

fulminate

when you begin actively and passionately protesting taxes, fulminating against taxes

to take a strong stance in protesting something, or describes a disease that comes on  suddenly and strongly out of nowhere; describes a violent and sudden explosion 

 denounce, menace

furtive

is a deal that is made between two lawyers without the awareness of their firms

doing something in a sneaky or hidden way

stealthy

gainsay

is to go against a popular opinion

to oppose, deny

contradict a fact or statement

germane 

when trying to get a mortgage is your income, credit score, and price of the home is the germane info

describes something relevant to the topic

relevant

glib

an example of glib is a famous person offering a weak solution to a world issue during an interview

speaking in a very smooth, easy way which may appear insincere

insincere manner 

gratuitous

is when an accountant gives you free tax advice

unwarranted, uncalled for

something that is given for free, unnecessary or not call for 

halcyon

an example of something you would describe a halcyon is the long, lazy and peaceful days of summer vacation

serene 

idealized, idyllic or peaceful time 

hamper

is when you are making a mess as your spouce is cleaning 

obstruct 

to stop someone from doing something or stop something from progressing as it should

harangue

example is a speech that sharply criticizes a political practice 

tirad 

long and intense verbal attack or long and passionate speech 

harry

"Generally I would harry, hassle and house them until they give up or leave the country."

harass 

to raid, repeatedly or ravage or rob, pillage, plunder 

torment or worry

Hedonism

constant quest for girls, money and a good time

hegemony

Fox News has hegemonic power over media and furthermore the American public.

authority, domintion 

leadership or dominance;predominant influence as a state, region or entity 

histrionic

elements of an affair in the soap opera

overly dramatic

dramatic behavior or something related to acting or a personality where someone is prone to drama or overreaction 

Homogenous

when everyone in a group looks, talks, dresses the same

in uniform

of the same or similar kind or nature 

hyperbole

saying you are so hungry you could eat a horse

exaggeration

hypocritical

parents disown their daughter for getting pregnant even though they had their first out of wedlock

decieving, two faced

saying or feeling one thing and doing another

iconoclast

someone who destroys pictures of Jesus

someone who destroys religious images or attacks popular beliefs

one who rails against sacred institutions